Which returned more over the last year, BSV or USHY?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and USHY returned +3.3%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or USHY?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs USHY: how they differ

BSV and USHY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and USHY returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and USHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in USHY
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

BSV and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Short-Term Bond	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.08%
Holdings	3185	1871

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or USHY?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and USHY returned +3.3%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or USHY?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BSV against USHY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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